Read pages 66-79 (New Book) or 63-80 (Old Book) and respond to the following prompt. Your response should be THREE paragraphs in length. Each paragraph must have ONE quote and it must be cited in MLA format.
Due Dates:
A Block - Thursday by midnight
B Block - Friday by midnight
Writing Prompt:
On page 68 Elie Wiesel writes that he [Elie] "was the accuser, God the accused" (68). Using quotes from the text, give three examples (1 paragraph each) of how Elie has transformed from a devout and pious individual to a man who blames God for the horrors that are occurring around him.
The point of Eliezer kills the God, it because when he was arrive to the Holocaust the God was abandon him of the killing of so many Jews." The head of my new German Jew, small of stature, with piercing eyes... abandoned by the "(Wiesel 66-67). (old book)
ReplyDeleteOn the New Year Day Eliezer was dominate his life for solitary prayer in depend of the world. "Once New Year Day had dominated my life.... Once I had believed profoundly that upon one solitary deed of mine, once solitary prayer, depended the salvation of the world"(Wiesel 64-65).
"Block 53....Block 55....Block 57"(Wiesel 80) Well the Eliezer was going to all of the block for camping.
The first quote is "I believed proudly" (Wiesel 1). In this quote Eliezer says that he is proud of believing God. Eliezer wants to learn more about God that he become friends with Moishe the Beadle and learn things about God.
ReplyDelete"Thank God! You're still alive!" (Wiesel 33). In this quote Eliezer and the other people shout because something good happened. They think they got help from God and that tells that they believe God.
"Oh God, Lord of the Universe, take pity upon us in Thy great mercy..." (Wiesel 17). In this quote Eliezer is looking for help because he has reached the ghetto and he felt sad. I think he asks God for help because he believes God but also he still has hope.
The first quote is "God that even here, were locked in hell, we were capable of singing His praises"(Wiesel 69). In this quote, Eliezer thinks that God is also in hell like them. And the Jews were capable of singing His praises.
ReplyDeleteThe second quote is "I no longer accepted God's silence"(Wiesel 69). In this quote,Eliezer is angry that God will not answer to him. And he felt emptyness opening.
The last quote is "Where is God's mercy? Where's God? How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?"(Wiesel 77). In this quote, Elieser wonders where is God Because God doesn't answer to him like in the second quote.
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ReplyDeleteMy first quote is, "'What are You, my God,'" (Wiesel 63). In this quote ELiezer is talking to God and saying to him what is his greatness for. He also says why does the torture still commence. In this part Eliezer is still not against God. He's just asking why has he chosen this passage.
ReplyDeleteSecond quote, "Why, but why should I bless Him...on Thine altar?'" (wiesel 64). In this quote Eliezer is talking in his mind and saying why did God allow the building of Auschwitz and the crematories. Why did He allow the deaths of so many people? He was also mad at God because he allowed the separation of families. In this part inside of Eliezer rage was growing.
My final quote, "'Yes, man is very strong, greater than God...praise Your name!'" (Wiesel 64) In this quote Eliezer finally blows and starts criticizing God. He explained reasons why he had gotten mad like Adam and Eve. But in this moment there was no way that the prisoners in Auschwitz had deceived God. Eliezer got mad because of this reason. He also starts talking about, that people pray Him even though he had betrayed them. That is how Eliezer turned from a pious boy to person that blames God.
Enrique
ReplyDeleteWhen Elie Wiesel was young, he was a very religiously devoted person. He sought the wonders of God and tailed after Moshe the Beadle. Elie thought that Moshe the Beadle would lead him to 'eternity'. Once Elie entered the holocaust though, his whole world flipped around. "Never shall I forget the moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust" (Wiesel 32). Elie Wiesel had thought that God cared about all living things. He thought that God was loving and good. But when finally he understood the severity of things, he felt betrayed. Betrayed by his God who had deserted them. So betrayed that he thought that his God had been murdered.
ReplyDeleteAfter witnessing the hanging of the small boy, Elie revolted against his God. "'What are You, my God,' I thought angrily, 'compared to this afflicted crowd, proclaiming to You their faith, their anger, their revolt?... Why do you still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?'"(Wiesel, 63). On the last day of the Year, Elie defied his God. He did not fast, he did not worship his God like he used to.
Also at this moment, I think Elie realised that he did not need his God anymore. The book actually states that he felt stronger. “I ceased to be anything but ashes, yet I felt myself to be stronger than the Almighty, to whom my life had been tied for so long” (Wiesel 65). This is a great difference to what Elie was like in the frist part of the book. His definition of life changed. I personally think that Elie had to change in order to survive the holocaust. I guess there was something in him that died afterall.
At first, Eliezer is a very pious individual trying to learn more about God and his relationship with Him. He studies the Kabbalah despite his father's opposition. "I succeeded on my own in finding a master for myself in the person of Moishe the Beadle" (Wiesel 4). He concentrates on his studies with Moishe the Beadle and strongly believes that Moishe will lead him towards eternity, the goal for him to become closer to God.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Germans arrive in Sighet, he continues his studies and still has deep faith in God. But after he and his family are transported to Aushwitz, he starts to think that God is watching the terror happening to the Jews and is doing nothing. "For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?" (Wiesel 33).
Although people in the camp continually pray to God, nothing good happens to them. Eliezer feels great anguish towards God, and concludes that God no longer exists for him. "I no longer accepted God's silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him" (Wiesel 69). He starts to think that God betrayed him and all the other Jews, and refuses to fast in the Day of Atonement.
While reading this book, the Night, you can see a change from the main character through-out the story. in the beginning you can see Eliezer believing god. It says that "I believed profoundly"(Wiesel 1). This gave me an idea that Eliezer believed in his religion.
ReplyDeleteBut after he was brought to the camp, he started to lose hope. "Its the end. God is no longer with us" (Wiesel 73). This quote shows how much they were in a down fall at that time, and that they couldnt believe the situation they were in.
Also on page 64, there was a quote, "Why, but why should I bless him" (Wiesel 64). This quote shows how much Eliezer was lost, how much he couldnt understand his situation. These three quotes show how Eliezer changed, and I think this is how he started to think God was the reason for all of these misfortunes. -jun ogawa A2
Elie was once a devout man who thought life was all about their deeds and prayers. However, his perspectives of God, the Almighty, changed when he came to this deadly concentration camp. He now thinks God is the reason why, the Jews all around him are dying and starving. "But look at these men whom You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name" (Wiesel 68)! This quote tells us that Elie no longer thinks that God is his hero, and that he is blaming God for the deaths in the camp.
ReplyDeleteAnother example is at the end of the year, when all of the Jewish assembled together to pray. "In the midst of these men assembled for prayer, I felt like an observer, a stranger" (Wiesel 68). Because he now thinks God is to blame, he cannot fully worship Him.
Elie's devotion to God has diminished and Elie is protesting against Him, who is doing nothing to stop the killings. "I no longer accepted God's silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him" (Wiesel 69). He also did not fast from then on.
Lisa Shimazaki
A1
the first quote is "What are you my god?"(Wiesel 66) When he said these words he was angry and frustrated. He wanted some answers of who God was. He was worried of the people around him.
ReplyDelete"They praise before you! They praise your name!"(Wiesel 68) When he said this he was very angry. He was wondering why God would just let the people who were getting tortured, burned, slautered, killed, and gassed, just continue to die. He wanted to tell Him that they all prayed before him, That they hoped a miracle would come because he was there.
Final quote is " I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God was the accused."(Wiesel 68) In this quote Elizer was the winner, the won who was triumphed. He was the one who won against gods power. He was the clean and God was the dirty. He felt that he the one that was right and God for once was accused wrong.
Amy Young
A1 Literature
The first quote I chose symbolizes that Elie was still faithful to his religion." Confidence soared... We gave thanks to God" (Wiesel 27). Whenever Elie felt brave, whenever he felt like something fortunate happened to him, he gave thanks to God, believing it was him who gave out all of the luck. Later on, his perspective and his beliefs towards God changed for what he had experienced in the camp, where God didn't exist, or God didn't help.
ReplyDeleteThe second quote I chose was "My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man" (Wiesel 68). After looking at a religiously devoted boy, to a boy who has no concerns to God, it's prayers or anything related to God. This illustrates the changes between the first quote. At first his life was full of God, his appreciation towards God and basically he thought God surrounds his world with his blessings.
The third quote describes his rage towards God. "I did not fast. First of all, to please...I no longer accepted God's silence" (Wiesel 69). His rage towards God has increased because of the horrifying events going around him. Not a thing could made Elie's feelings okay by his father going to the "selection", people dying every single day, and most of all, living day with horror. Since Elie truly believes in God, he was able to blame God for all of his sins and for all Jewish people dying in camps, suffering in the camp and all sorts of things he is unhappy about right now. He believes that God was disloyal towards him and the other Jewish people.
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Quote 1: "What are you my God? I thought angrily..." [there are more quotes] (Wiesel 66). I personally think that this quote is about how Elie had felt when God didn't help the Jews although many Jews praised him and cried for him for help. I can tell that he is starting to dislike God and I think that he will continue to dislike Him. This is the beginning of his hatred against God.
Quote 2: "Why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in his mass graves..." [there are more quotes] (Wiesel 67). I would say that this quote is 'stronger' than the 1st quote because he reacted as if he doesn't believe in God when he heard someone say "Blessed be God's name". Now, I know that he is very mad because the quote said "Every fiber of me rebelled". That tells me that he is totally against God. Elie also mentions that God is the one who created Auschwitz and the other death camps.
Quote 3: "I no longer accepted God's silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him." (Wiesel 69). This quote is the most rebellious quote because this tells me that he (Elizer) himself is actually saying that his action symbolizes his protest against God. Elie could no longer take how God kept silent and didn't save the innocent ones and I think that's how he really changed about him.
A1 lit. Lyu Hiroyama
ReplyDelete"Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes."(Wiesel, 34) In this sentence, Eliezer doesn't exactly blame God, but it could mean he did, if you look at it in this way: Its possible Eliezer thought God led him to this destiny.
"Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless him?"(Wiesel 67) In this quote, we would all recognize the person saying this is blaming him. I think other ppl. said "Blessed be God's name" and bent down to have hope, to believe God will save them. But I guess Eliezer was too exhausted to wait, and see ppl. struggle.
"I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man."(Wiesel, 68) This sentence shows that Eliezer has no patience for God to help, and He does not believe God anymore, thinking he is in the worst situation.
The quote "All the earth and universe are God's!" (Weisel 66) tells us that the Kapos are saying that the universe is God's so people doesn't have the rights to destroy the universe.
ReplyDeleteThe second quote, "It all went well. Don't worry. Nothing will happen to anyone. Not to anyone..." (Weisel 72) tells me that the Blockalteste wants to tell everyone that everyone is okay, they will be fine.
The third quote, "Don't rejoice too soon, son. Here too there is selection. In fact, more often..." (Weisel 78) tells me that the doctor is saying Eleizer doesn't have to work, because he is sick.
It's me, Isshin Mido
ReplyDelete"What are You, my God? I thought angrily. How do You compare this stricken mass gathered to affirm to You their faith, their anger, their defiance? What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of al this cowardice, this decay, and this misery? Why do you go on troubling these poor people's wounded minds, their ailing bodies?" (Wiesel 99). This quote shows how Elizer is mad at God; and asking to himself, why is he in this situation? What does God help? 'Master of the Universe' is the God, and he is blaming on God; why couldn't he make things better.
ReplyDelete"Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because He kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? Because in His great might, He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna and so many other factories of death?" (Wiesel 67).This quote is asking God, why should he bless him; why should he thank God, if he was in a living hell? Explaining what he had done to the Jews, Elizer didn't see the reason why people is blessing God.
"You (God) have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name!"(Wiesel 68). God wasn't the one who made this happen; but Elizer thinks that he allowed this to happen, which means it's God's fault. Elizer couldn't understand why people still pray God, during this camp.
Suzu Hiroyama
A1 Literature
10/13/10
My first quote is "Blessed be Gods name?"(Elizer 67) In this quote Eliezer heard some one say blessed be gods name but Eliezer thinks why do we have to bless god because he saw kids burn but god didnt stop it and god made Auschwitz.
ReplyDeleteMy second quote is "We needed to show God that even here,locked in hell, we were capable of singing His praises"( Eliezer 69) This means even we were in hell in Auchiwitz they can sing is praises.
My final quote is "Where is God's mercy? Where's God? How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?"(Wiesel 77). In this quote, Eliezer is saying that is there relly God and starting to not to belive in him because in the camp things get worse and God doesnt stop it.
" 'What are you, my God' " (Wiesel 63). This phrase was the start line of Eliezer starting to blame God. In this part, Eliezer started to get angry at God and blamed and asked many questions to God. Why does he do this to us? Why does he bring trouble? All negative things about God came to his mind.
ReplyDelete" ' Yes, man is very strong, greater than God... You have betrayed... They praise Your name' " (Wiesel 64) Elie is really pissed and he is blaming everything on God. He says that man is stronger than God. Hes blaming God because God betrayed them. The people in Auschwitz prayed and praised Gods name, but what did God give back to them? God killed them. He burned, gassed and killed them. Elie thought it was all Gods fault.
" 'I'm just an ordinary creature of flesh and blood... and i can see what they're doing here... Where is God?.. how could anyone believe...' " (Wiesel 73). Elie was not really pissed and was out of control in this part, but he was in a depressing mood. He wasn't blaming God as before but he was saying that he couldn't trust God anymore. There was no God around him.
“ 'How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in the furnaces?' ” (Wiesel 67) .
ReplyDeleteElie is angry at God because he thinks God doesn’t care about what happens to the Jews, and other people that are killed in the concentration camps. He thinks God has forgotten everything about them.
“ 'You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You!' ” (Wiesel 68). Elie starts to wonder why the other Jews are still praying to God, when it seems that God is not listening to their prayers.
“ 'I no longer accepted God’s silence' ” (Wiesel 69). Elie didn’t want to praise God anymore because he felt that God did not do anything to stop the Germans from killing the Jews.
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ReplyDeleteMy first quote for Night, is "I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever..." (Eliezer 63). This quote shows that night the soup tasted better than ever because Eliezer hated that person who got hanged, at that night. The person who got hanged was a dentist who tried to take Eliezer's golden crown for free. Eliezer was glad that he kept his golden crown safe. That's the why that night the soup tasted better than ever for Eliezer.
My second quote is "For God's sake, where is God?"(Eliezer 65). This quote shows the despariness of Jews who started to hate the God for not helping them. Jewish people believe that God will rescue them from all despairness and make them happy. However, because of Hitler, Jews get liquidated and get all despairness. So as you can see in this quote, the Jew is crying out despaireness about unfairness about God.
My third and final quoute is "That night, the soup tasted of corpses." (Eliezel 65). This quote, shows that at that night, when the soup tasted like corpses, he saw a boy who got hanged. Unfortunately, the boy was too light to get cut his breath, by hanging so Eliezel takes a pity on him.
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p.s panda96 is Han Lee in A1
At the beginning of the book, Elie was a devout boy who was always curious about God and wanting to know more about the Kabbalah. He was always interested in being taught about the Kabbalah by Moishe the Beadle and they had many conversations about praying to God."'And why do you pray, Moishe?' I asked him. 'I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions'" (Wiesel 5). Together with Moishe the Beadle, Elie read the Zohar many times to discover the quality of God.
ReplyDeleteAs the story progresses, Elie starts to lose faith in God. "'Where He is? This is where-hanging here from this gallows...'" (Wiesel 65). He is starting to think that there is no God and that his faith has almost died for God just like the hanged boy who remained lingering between life and death.
By the time the Jewish year came to an end, Elie started to rebel to God. "Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fibre in me rebelled" (Wiesel 67). He thought that if God lets thousands of children burn in the crematoria and creates so many factories of death, Auschwitz, Birkenau and Buna, why should he pray to God? God had tortured them so why should He be blessed? Because he didn't believe in God any more, he didn't feel the need to fast. He had lost all hope to God.
Lisa He
A1 Literature
Elie was a pious Jew who learned about Judaism from Moshe the Beadle. He changed to someone who doesn't believe in God.
ReplyDelete"Some talked of God of his mysterious ways of the sins of Jewish people and of their future deliverances. But I had ceased to pray." I think he didn't pray because he thought that God was not into him.
"Where is God now?"
And I heard a voice within me answer him. "Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows." The boy was in the middle of death and living and somebody behind Elie said "Where is God now?" Elie said he is here hanging on this gallows meaning God is dying and God is leaving us.
"Why, but why should I bless Him? In every fiber I rebelled. Because He had had thousands of children burned in His pits? Because He kept six crematories working night and day on Sundays and feast days? Because in His great might He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many factories of death?"
Elie probably felt that we shouldn't believe in God because all around him was only death. There was no food, so they were suffering.
“ 'Yes, man is very strong, greater than God... You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You!' ” (Wiesel 64). Elie was angry to God, who made Auschwitz. Even though the Jews were praying to Him, He still made things worse. Elie starts to wonder if God is really great as other Jews say.
ReplyDelete“ 'It's the end. God is no longer with us...But what can I do? I'm not a sage, one of the elect, nor a saint. I'm just an ordinary creature of flesh and blood, I've got eyes, too, and I can see what they're doing here. Where is divine Mercy? Where is God? How can I believe, how could anyone believe, in this merciful God?' ”(Wiesel 73). Akiba Drumer lost faith because even though they were suffering and praying, God did not help them. He is saying that he could no longer believe God who he can't prove there is such thing as Him by seeing or even by mercy.
“ 'I no longer accepted God’s silence' ” (Wiesel 66). Before the war he believed God, but as soon as they were sent out of their home city God did not help the suffering Jews and were being silent.
Anna Ishii
A2 literature
In the beginning of the story, Elie was a confident young man, who was devoted to the Jewish religion. He had faith in God, and he even used to study the religion with Moshe the Beadle. "Moshe the Beadle, the poor barefoot of Sighet, talked to me for long hours of the revelations and mysteries of the cabbala" (Wiesel 3). The quote illustrates the fact that Elie was keen on learning about the cabbala, or simply the Jewish religion.
ReplyDeleteThe moment he went to Aushwitz, his thoughts transformed into ones such as " 'Where is God now?'... 'Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows' " (Wiesel 62). As Elie experiences the sights of people getting hanged, he begins to believe that god is no longer existent, or as in the quote he is dead. This reveals the fact that Elie no longer can take in the fact that God is useless to him right now.
"But further, there was no longer any reason why I should fast. I no longer accepted God's silence" (Wiesel 66). This quote clearly tells us that he has broken away from his conviction in God. Now Elie feels unconfident in the midsts of a world of silent God. The questions inside his mind asking where God are just blurry images. He will not even follow the Jewish ceremonies of fasting like he would have in the beginning of the book.
Kai Izumi A2 Literature
ReplyDelete1st quote: "What are you my God? I thought angrily..." (Wiesel 66), this shows him losing his faith in God. Before he was a very pious boy who wanted to learn mysticism, which wasn't allowed to be learn for a boy at his age, but then all the sudden he loses that belief. I believe he was also angry for not helping them and giving them more pain than luck. People will be able to tell the difference between him before and now, and they would most likely feel sorry for him.
2nd quote: "My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man" (Wiesel 68). After looking at him being a very devoted child to god and his religion, you can see a much more huge difference now and before. As you read this quote you see a completely new person as if he had forgotten about god and lost complete hope of his religion. He could mean that "opening his eyes means he finally sees the truth and that seems true to him is that he believe that God isn't helping them.
3 quote: "I'm just an ordinary creature of flesh and blood... and i can see what they're doing here... Where is God?.. how could anyone believe...' " (Wiesel 73). He was not really angry or in rage or anything, but he was mainly in a very sad and depressing mood. Before he was so angry and seemed like he lost and wanted to forget about god but as you read this quote you see that he isn't blaming god in anger and as much as he did before. He seems to getting his faith back and he seems to be more calm and asking "where is god" and "why isn't he helping" in a more calm and simple way, than using rage and anger.
"Why, but why would I bless him?" (Wiesel 67). We can see that Elie is already mad at God because he couldn't accept why people were blessing him even though he wasn't helping us(Jews) at all. So Elie's pious started to disappear from this moment because of too much troubles and problems.
ReplyDelete"Were there still miracles on this earth?" (Wiesel 76). This is what Elie said after he found out that his father is still alive. But the point is if Elie still had conviction in God then he would say 'thanks God' something like this but he didn't he called it as a miracle instead of God's help.
"-How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?'"(Wiesel 77)
Unlike a quote I took in first place now Elie started to denial everything he had believed about God it's because even though Elie was believe in God. Too much things happened to him that he can't handle anymore and give up on everything.
Hyun Ryung Yoo
A1
“What are You, my God? I thought angrily.” (Wiesel 67). From this part, Eliezer seem to have changed his feeling about God. He felt anger against God. This made him transform to a person who blames to God.
ReplyDelete“Why, but why should I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled.” (Wiesel 67). This quote tells that he start to wonder why he needs to bless the God. It means that he forgot the purpose of blessing.
“Yes, man is stronger, greater than God.” (Wiesel 67). Eliezer was believing on God very much. But in this quote, he thinks that man is stronger than God. This shows that he is not believing on God that much.
Ifumi Sato
A2 Lit
Seonji Kim
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A2
1st quote: "'Let's keep together.We shall be stronger'"(Wiesel,68) Tibi and Yossi, who are just young childrens said. I chose this one because this made me think more about how the kids at the camp felt. Also, this quote touched me that the young kids would be scary but they didn't took out of their body.
2nd quote: "'Don't be afraid.' he added. 'Everything will be all right.'"(Wiesel,75) I chose this one because it described little bit of charactoristics of the Doctor. He didn't shouted him(Elieser) or hit him, but he was nice to him. I could know the doctor was a very kind person.
3rd quote: "In the morning, the face of the camp had changed. Prisoners appeared in strange outfits: it was like a masquerade"(Wiesel,79) This quote made me to guess and imagine what will happen to next. It made me curious. So I chose this quote.
1st: quote: "What if it really were the last day"(Wiesel 66). I chose this quote because nobody would like to stay in a labor/concentration camp were you work all day and they say that work is liberty but really it isn't.
ReplyDelete2nd quote: What are You, my God? I thought angrily"(Wiesel 66). I chose this quote because it tells us that their losing faith in God because while the innocent prisoners are suffering the Nazi's are having fun, that shows that God's justice is a bit complex.
3rd quote: "Praised be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar?"(Wiesel 67). I chose this quote because it"s showing that they their furious with God because there are thousands of people dying and being burnt throw God"s eyes and know and he's doing nothing.
My first quote is "i beileved proudly" (Wiesel,1).In this quote Elizar was proud of her self to beileve god. Thats why Elizar wanted to know more about stories about god and thats because Elizar became friend with Moishe the Beadle to learn more about god.
ReplyDeleteMy second quote is "All the earth and universe are God's!" (Weisel 66). this quote tells that Kapos saying that universe is god's so that other people dont have right to destroy the universe.
My third quote is "I no longer accepted God's silence"(Wiesel 69). This quote tells us that Elizar is mad about god didnt answer his question.
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ReplyDeleteThe first quote i chose is " For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?"(Wiesel 33). This quote expresses how Eliezer is starting to lose his faith in God , how he was once so sure god existed and worshiped him but now whith all the terrible things happening what was there to thank God anymore, he got angry.
ReplyDelete"'What are you God?' I thought angrily. How do You compare to this stricken mass gathered to affirm to You their faith, their anger, their defiance? What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery? Why do you go on troubling these poor people's wounded minds, their ailing bodies?"(Wiesel 66). Once again Elizel is gettting more and more angry at the God they all believed him if he really did exist. Seeing ao many people suffer, made him lose faith in God more and more. He starts to lose his respect for God.
" Where is God's mercy? Where's God? How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?"( Wiesel 77). This last quote I chose really shows how the Author thinks of God. It's interesting to see the change in Eliezel from a young boy who loved his God and worshiped him to a person who questions God whether he is really there, whether hw has any mercy within him, whether he should thank God even though all these terrible things are happening to them.
God was no longer with them as Elizer believes.
A1 Catherine
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ReplyDelete"Oh God, Master of the Universe, in your infinite compassion, have mercy on us..."(Wiesel 20). While Elizer and other Jews are under control of Germans they are treated badly. So a pious boy, Elizer, prays to God for help.
ReplyDelete"For the first time, i felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify his name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?"(Wiesel 33). Later, when Elizer gets treated really badly, he starts to lose his faith of religion because he thought God forsaked Jewish people.
"Were there still miracles on this earth? He was alive."(Wiesel 76).After having a lot of sufferings and distress, Elizer even forgets about his faith and he is already living without leaning on God. When he saw his dad alive, he gets surprised that miracle happened for him.
Kyong Yong Kim
B4 Literature
At first, Elie was a pious person who believed in God. But as he spend a long period of time in the camp, he starts to blame God because many people are getting killed, and worn out. "What are You, my God?...ailing bodies" (Wiesel 66). From this part, Elie is starting to blame God since many people are being killed, and he is stressed out and frightened.
ReplyDelete"You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name!" (Wiesel 68). This quote really tells that he is feeling anger against God. But I actually understand his feeling because even we pray for God, things won't always go out good. But that's life, and we can't do anything about it.
"I did not fast...agaisnt Him" (Wiesel 69). Elie isn't devoted any more because he isn't fasting, even though he should. But he wouldn't trust God, and he is protesting agaisnt God. This is a really good quote to see how Elie isn't a pious person any more.
Shiori Hishinuma, B4
The first quote I chose shows that Elie is losing his belief in God, more and more every day. "Why, but why would I bless Him?" (Wiesel 67). He doesn't want to believe God, because even though all the Jewish people are praying, nothing helps them.
ReplyDeleteLater one, Elie, who is very pious, stops trusting God: "I no longer accepted God's silence" (Wiesel 69). Before, Elie was praying and even though the situation wasn't getting better, he still had a hope, but not anymore.
In the end of this chapter it seemed like Elie stopped being very religious, who only believed in himself. "It's over. God is no longer with us" (Wiesel 76). He finally realized that he can only rely on himself to survive.
"I believe profoundly" (Wiesel 1).
ReplyDeleteThis quote shows that in the beginning, Eliezer was a devoted Jewish boy who was heavily influenced by his family, mainly his father, and his whole community in general. He had committed all of his studying to God and practicing the Jewish way of life. He was also very strong, both mentally and emotionally due to the fact that he was the only boy in the family, and used his religion as a method of expressing his bottled up feelings.
"Where is God? Where is He?" (Wiesel 61).
This quote represents the times that Eliezer was starting to lose both hope and faith in God and therefore was also losing faith in the idea that he was going to make it through labor camp. This was through the times where most people were losing faith in God and in themselves and the times when they were just trying to make it through another day, each day.
"I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man" (Wiesel, 68). This quote shows how fed up Eliezer had gotten of the situation and this is where he lost the most faith in both himself and God. From this time on, he was trying to survive day by day for his father only, and not for God. He blamed got for causing and/or not stopping these terrible occurrences and he was spiteful towards Him.
Shannen Romero Perez
A2 World Literature
The first quote I chose shows that Elie is losing his belief in God, more and more every day. "Why, but why would I bless Him?" (Wiesel 67). He doesn't want to believe God, because even though all the Jewish people are praying, nothing helps them.
ReplyDeleteLater on, Elie, who is very pious, stops trusting God: "I no longer accepted God's silence" (Wiesel 69). Before, Elie was praying and even though the situation wasn't getting better, he still had a hope, but not anymore.
In the end of this chapter it seemed like Elie stopped being very religious, because he only believed in himself. "It's over. God is no longer with us" (Wiesel 76). He finally realized that he can only rely on himself to survive.
We can tell, in the beginning of the story that Elizer is a really pious person and that he "believes profoundly" in God. His conviction that God exists and helps him getting through life was probably one of his major reason of living. His intention of learning his religion was probably the element needed for him to be friends with Moishe the Beadle. Before the Gestapo came, he was excited about his life and wanted to see his future.
ReplyDeleteAfter being sent to Aushwitz, Eliezer starts losing hope and his belief in God. He starts doubting wether God actually exists or not. He even asks himself "Where is God?" (Wiesel 73) because he couldn't trust his own religion anymore after the horrible experiences he have been through. He is not angry, but he is losing hope to live and is desperate about his own life.
At this point, he probably didn't feel that he was living. Everything was taken away from him and had to live with the fear of being hit or beaten at any point. This made him impossible to believe in other people except from himself. The quote " 'It's the end. God is no longer with us.."(Wiesel 73) shows how he gave up on his intention to live. He couldn't believe in his life because he couldn't trust God anymore.
A2 Kana
"'What are You, my God?"' (Wiesel 66). At this point the protagonist (Elle) is very mad, he doesn't mean God literally, and he isn't blaming God for anything, but he is mad, so he uses the word God to describe the person in a "bad" way.
ReplyDelete"'For God's sake, where is God?"' (Wiesel 65). In this quote, Elie is losing faith in God helping him. In this quote, the Gestapo are torturing the Gypsies, and Elie (by saying this quote) is wondering why God isn't helping him through this situation.
"'God alone can answer you"' (Wiesel 15). At this point (which was early in the book) Elie, had alot of faith in God. The fact that he says that God can only answer them, is saying that God has complete control of everyone, and this quote shows that Elie has complete faith in God, and knows that he is ultimately the One in power.
My first quote will be: "Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes"(Wiesel 34). The purpose of choosing this quote is this. At the beginning of the story, we can observe that even though Eliezer has stepped into his teenage very recently, he is very pious, serious & curious about his religion, which is very rare for teenagers. But later, as the story and his fate progress with misery, he starts to believe less and less in God. But this is very common with everyone, because whenever everything is going fine in people's lives, people tend to have a positive attitude towards everything, even God. Although when things change & everything is unfortunate, people's attitude towards everything tends to be negative, including God. And with Eliezer, as we all know, deaths started to occur, he lost his mother & sister, and the extermination, etc., so he starts to lose his faith in God. That is my thinking.
ReplyDeleteNext quote that I picked is this: "Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because he caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because he kept six crematoria working day and night, He had created Auscwitz, Birkinenau, Buna, and so many other factories of death? How could I say to him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in the furnace? Praised be Thy Holy Name, for Having chosen to be slaughtered on Thine altar?"(Wiesel 67). I chose this quote because this quote really shows that he has completely lost his faith in God. That is because one who is really pious, which makes that person be very respectful to God, will not ever dare to even think something that is questioning his intentions, because in many cultures, the people (in this case God) who are highly regarded, aren't asked any questions usually. But Eliezer did ask these questions in his head, which is already disrespecting God, which proves that Eliezer has lost his faith in God, to be more specific not God, but His mercy on people because Eliezer still believes in God but he is questioning him, which as I said before, he is not supposed to.
My final quote is this: "And there was no longer reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted God's silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him"(Wiesel 69). This quote relates to my previous quote, he is against the God now, which displatys his disrespect towards the God.
B4 LITERATURE
Rohan Jeetendra Khemlani
My quote is "Blessed be God's name"(Wiesel). Eliezer thought why do we have to bless God? When the kids burning he didn't stop. He didn't help them.
ReplyDelete"Yes, man is stronger, greater than God"(Wiesel).
This quote Eliezer thinking that man is stronger than God but he is believing God. So it means Eliezer is not believing God that much.
"Where is God's mercy? Where's God? How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?"(Wiesel77).For this, God didn't answer to Eliezer so he wonders where is God.
1st Quote: When the story started Eliezer was a pious youth, very observant of his religion. He was always curious about God. "I succeeded on my own in finding a master for myself in the person of Moishe the Beadle" (Wiesel, 4). He enjoys studying the talmud by day and praing in the temple at night.
ReplyDelete2nd Quote: "What are You, my God?" (Wiesel, 66). Eliezer doesn't doubt that God exists, but this God has a different personality, a God that Eliezer does not want to praise. It shows that he has lost his Faith. The concentration camp experience destroys his innocence and his belief in a just and loving God. He just can't believe what has happening in his sight right now.
3rd Quote: Rabbi from Poland, who also used to pray all the time tells Eliezer..."Its the end. God is no longer with us" (Wiesel, 76). Eliezer feels he has nothing to thank God for, and also mad because God appears to be silent. Everything has taken away from him, he just had to blame God who Eliezer believed in his whole life.
At the beginning of the story, Eliezer was a very religiously centered young boy, unusual for his age. "One evening, I told him how unhappy I was not to be able to find in Sighet a master to teach me the Zohar, the Kabbalistic works, the secrets of Jewish mysticism" (Wiesel 5). I used this quote as well as in my group's poster because I thought this shows a powerful connection between Eliezer and his religion, and how seriously he thought about his faiths. This was before he is deported to any concentration camps or taken to any place harmful.
ReplyDeleteAs Eliezer is taken to Jewish labor camps, he starts to realize that he needs to think more about survival and necessities rather than his religion. "For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?" (Wiesel 33). This quote was shortly after he had heard someone recite the Kaddish. He is overwhelmed by how cruel mankind could be to one another, and in a way, is blaming God for being in the situation he is.
Later on in the story, Eliezer is really doubting his religion. "For God's sake, where is God?" (Wiesel 65). This is shortly after the young boy was hung. I think that he is angry and frustrated that these things are happening, and denies God's existence completely.
Rina Dishman
B4
The quote “What are you my god?"(Wiesel 66) tells that Elizer is now frustrated, not being able to control his anger. Elizer prays to God everyday but he starts to think that the God doesn’t do anything for them but to kill the innocent Jews. When working and going through the hardship, Elizer blames everything to the God how he and his father has to live through the life of hell.
ReplyDeleteWorking all day long, Elizer couldn’t handle himself and he complained to the God how he was being spiteful to the Jews. “ 'You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You!' ” (Wiesel 68). Not only Elizer and his father was suffering, millions of other Jews were suffering and Elizer let all his anger, protesting that the God isn’t respecting the prayer.
Elizer now thought the God he was praying for is just a piece of crap so he tells himself that there was no point praying or respecting him. "My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man" (Wiesel 68). As you can see, Elizer have changed quite a lot from the beginning of the story where he would want to learn more about his religion and his God but now, Elizer thinks he just wasted his time on all the religious crap and the time when praying to the God.
In the beginning of the book, we know for a fact that Eliezer was a very religious young man, studying the Kabbalah and the Talmud simultaneously. In his perspective, everything around him had a connection to God. God was his inspiration, his motivation. But when he was sent to Auschwitz, along with his family, friends, and the people of his community, his whole perspective changed completely. Even on the first night, the urge to rebel had began to rise within in him. "For the first time, I felt anger rising withing me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank him for?" (Wiesel 33).
ReplyDeleteDay by day in his days at Auschwitz, Eliezer was losing more and more faith in God. The others around him seemed as faithful as they were when they were in there synagogues at home, praying more and more everyday. "As for me,", Eliezer is to have thought, "I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but i doubted His absolute justice" (Wiesel 45). This proves that, although appearing to have lost all faith, Eliezer still does, in fact, believe in God to some extent.
As the end of the Jewish year was coming to a close, the Jewish people of Auschwitz began to gather, and fast in order to praise His name. However, this moment, after being tortured, whether by beatings and exhaustion, or witnessing the hangings and deaths of his fellow Jews, his complete faith in God had been burned to ashes, like the poor, suffering Jews that were being burned alive even at that very moment. "Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because He kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? Because in His great might, He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many other factories of death? How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch us as our fathers our mothers, our brothers end up in the furnaces? Praised by Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar?" (Wiesel 67). Even after his years of study, he almost seems sarcastic, as he questions and justifies God for his existence. His loss in faith was complete. He no longer believes in God.
Claudio Neu-Ries
A1 Literature
The First quote is " ' Yes, man is very strong, greater than God......You have betrayed allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before you! They praise your name!"(Wiesel 64). Elie was angry to God because even they pray for God, thing were going worse. He was wondering why people was still parying for God.
ReplyDeleteSecond quote is " 'thank God! You're still alive!' ". Elie was happy when there was a meeting with friend and this filled him with joy. he thought God helped them.
Last quote is" I no long acceped God's silence"(Wiesel 66). In this quote, Elie was angry that God will not answer. He also stopped fasting.